Sabinal, TX 78881 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sabinal, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/06, about 190 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 263 frost-free days later.
Sabinal sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Sabinal before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Sabinal's last frost
03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sabinal compares
At roughly 263 frost-free days, Sabinal places 6,127 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,121 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Sabinal can differ from the 78881 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Sabinal's frost date answer different questions.